A Physically Transient Form of Silicon Electronics

• DOI: 10.1126/science.1226325
• Publication Date: 2012-09-30T17:49:15Z
• Authors: Suk-Won Hwang; Hu Tao; Dae-Hyeong Kim; Huanyu Cheng; Jun-Kyul Song; Elliott Rill; Mark A. Brenckle; Bruce Panilaitis; Sang Min Won; Yun-Soung Kim; Young Min Song; Ki Jun Yu; Abid Ameen; Rui Li; Yewang Su; Miaomiao Yang; David L. Kaplan; Mitchell R. Zakin; Marvin J. Slepian; Yonggang Huang; Fiorenzo G. Omenetto; John A. Rogers
• Keywords: Transient (computer programming)

Reversible Implants Silicon electronics are generally designed to be stable and robust—it would counterproductive if the key parts of your computer or cell phone slowly dissolved away while you were using it. In order develop transient for use as medical implants, Hwang et al. (p. 1640 , see cover) produced a complete set tools materials that needed make standard devices. Devices have specific lifetime, after which component materials, such porous silicon silk, resorbed by body.